Name: Lexington livestock auction prices — 2025-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago yearling steers sold steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. First sizable test of the bawling calf market this fall at Lexington Livestock a trend is not applicable. Majority of the bawling calves had received at least one round of fall vaccinations, those that had not sold at a sizable discount.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $432.78/cwt on 202 head. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −46.78 against this barn's trailing median of $479.56.

Average price

$432.78

202 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,424

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$31.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−46.19

vs NE average

+10.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	446.24	2,508	115
Medium and Large 1-2	557	414.99	2,313	87

One grade step is worth $31.24/cwt here — about $195 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.53, low $429.68, median $479.56 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale202 hd

432.78

—

NE average4 barns · 1,868 hd

478.96

−46.19

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+10.13

This barn, trailing median18 sales

479.56

−46.78

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

33 lots · USDA AMS · Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	564	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,651	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	656	452.74/cwt	447.00–458.00	2,970	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,098	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,955	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,359	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	502.49/cwt	490.00–515.00	1,904	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	443.74/cwt	437.00–447.00	2,614	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	506.85/cwt	500.00–517.50	2,190	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	504.24/cwt	502.50–505.00	2,309	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	449.52/cwt	447.50–452.50	1,928	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,767	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	413.24/cwt	402.50–422.50	2,343	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	510.71/cwt	505.00–520.00	1,869	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	449.48/cwt	444.00–469.00	2,369	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	436.54/cwt	427.50–443.00	2,728	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	666	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,418	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	638	375.00/cwt	373.00–377.00	2,393	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	360.65/cwt	360.00–361.00	2,142	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	717	384.51/cwt	381.00–385.00	2,757	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	760	379.50/cwt	379.50–379.50	2,884	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	400.90/cwt	387.00–410.00	2,329	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	603	353.81/cwt	347.00–358.00	2,133	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,481	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,668	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	380.42/cwt	369.00–393.00	2,400	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	423.88/cwt	403.00–426.00	2,836	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	294.32/cwt	294.00–306.00	2,973	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,184	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,590	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,156	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	351.49/cwt	351.00–352.00	3,286	368
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	431.60/cwt	422.50–440.00	2,197	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	418.32/cwt	417.50–420.00	2,255	30

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Lexington Livestock Market - Lexington, NE

Fri Oct 3, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	550–600	564	470.00	470.00
135	650–700	656	447.00–458.00	452.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	379	490.00–515.00	502.49
18	400–450	403	485.00	485.00
10	450–500	456	460.00	460.00
95	500–550	509	422.50–440.00	431.60
95	550–600	581	387.00–410.00	400.90
25	650–700	659	358.00	358.00
265	1000–1050	1,010	294.00–306.00	294.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	372	475.00	475.00
29	400–450	429	447.50–452.50	449.52
20	500–550	538	406.00	406.00
37	550–600	594	360.00–361.00	360.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
58	600–650	603	347.00–358.00	353.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
73	600–650	631	369.00–393.00	380.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	366	505.00–520.00	510.71
71	400–450	432	500.00–517.50	506.85
57	450–500	458	502.50–505.00	504.24
50	500–550	527	444.00–469.00	449.48
65	550–600	589	437.00–447.00	443.74
368	900–950	935	351.00–352.00	351.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	315	470.00	470.00
12	450–500	478	451.00	451.00
30	500–550	539	417.50–420.00	418.32
57	550–600	567	402.50–422.50	413.24
22	650–700	698	371.00	371.00
8	700–750	733	364.00	364.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
143	600–650	625	427.50–443.00	436.54
151	650–700	669	403.00–426.00	423.88
64	700–750	717	381.00–385.00	384.51
81	750–800	760	379.50	379.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
70	600–650	638	373.00–377.00	375.00
18	650–700	666	363.00	363.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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